Improvement in machines for raking and loading hay



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. Hay Rake and Loader.

No. 59,205 Patented Oct. 30,l 1866.

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Hay Rake y and Loader.- N0. 59,205. 'Patented om. 30, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFIOE.'

THOMPSON FRAME, OF BARNESVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR RAKING AND LOADING HAY.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,205, dated October30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMPSON FRAME, of Barnesville, in the county ofBelmont and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHay Bake and Loader; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichyFigure lis a longitudinal section in the line aux, Fig. 3. Fig. 2is across-section in theline y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan.

Similar letters of lreference indicate like parts. l

This invention relates to a labor-saving farm implement for raking andloading hay in the eld, and it is to be attached to a wagon or cart,into which the hay is conveyed by a chute until it is filled, when it isdetached, and remains waiting in the eld for the return ofthe wagonafter being emptied.

A A is a frame, mounted on the drivingwheels B B, and in the frontsupported on a caster or roller, z. G is along rectangular box or chute,yopen in the upper side, and fastened to the frame AA, rising/therefromforward at an angle of about forty-tive degrees. It occupies the mid dleof the frame, and is about onethird as wide as the space between thewheels. It is open at both ends and on the upper side.

At the ends of the chute are transverse rollers a a', around which, oneach side, pass iiat endless belts b by', having catch rakes or hooks7 cc attached on one side, and projecting at right angles, or thereabout,within short distances of each other, the whole length of the belts.

- The belts receive motion from a pulley-band,

e e, which passes over the pulley fon the axle g, and works the pulley hon the axis of the roller a' at the upper end of the chute O.

Between the wheels is a light hollow roller, D, whiclrmay be made insections, and is piv oted to the ends of bars d d, hung on each sideunder the frame A A. Rows of spikes 7c lo are set around the roller D.On each side of the spikes the roller is grooved for receiving curvedrods l l, which lit the periphery ofthe roller and lie closely in thegrooves, being attached at one end to a cross-bar, on, in front of theroller.

Just forward of the roller D is placed a platform, E, extending from oneside to the other of the frame A A, and under the lower open end of thechute C. On the axle g is placed a Hat-faced roller or cam, w, havingzigzag grooves cut around the periphery, for giving reciprocating motionto cross-rakes a n on each end of the platformy E by means of areciprocatingplever, p, the point of which follows the zigzag grooves,and moves sidewise another reciprocating lever, q, to which it ispivoted. From the endof the lever q a stilf rod, r, extends to aconnectin g-rod, s, between the rakes n a. `The connecting-rod issuspended to a block, t, that plays back and forth in slots over thelower end of the chute G.

On the upper side of the frame A A is pivoted a frame, F F, to which arefastened curved rods or fingers c c, which pass down near to the bottomof the roller, for gathering the hay from the ground.

The frame of the rake is attached to the hind end of a wagon or cart,sothat the chute O hangs over the body, and when the machine is drawnover the eld the fingers c c gather the hay from the ground. The spikeslc k on the roller D then catch it and carry it over to the front side,Where the strippers l l receive and deliver it upon the platform E.There the reciprocating rakes an sweep it inward to the mouth of thechute O, where it is caught and taken up by the hooks c c in the endlessbelts b b, that carry it up and deliver it over the upper end into theWagon.

Having described the construction and arrangement of my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The cam w on the shaft f, in combination withthe reciprocating leversp q, the connecting-rods t s, and the reciprocating cross-rakes a n, fordrawing the hay by their reciprocating motion into the chute O',constructed and arranged as herein described.

2. The platform E, in combination with the reciprocating rakes n n andthe chute C, constructed and arranged as and for the purposes hereindescribed.

THOMPSON FRAME. ,Witnesses WILLIAM D. SMITH,

J oHN F. Davis.

